Presenting an alternative version of African American history this novelexplores what might have happened if John Browns 1859 raid on Harpers Ferryhad been succ... » 

Presenting an alternative version of African American history this novelexplores what might have happened if John Browns 1859 raid on Harpers Ferryhad been successful. Chronicling life in a thriving black nation founded byBrown in the former southeastern United States this dramatic story opens 100years later just as Nova Africa is poised to celebrate its first landing of aspacecraft on Mars. The prosperous black state will soon be tested when thegranddaughter of John Brown returns from Africa to reunite with her daughterand share with her a secret that will alter their lives forever. «